Infrastructure and industry
Utilities, infrastructure and essential-service operators, manufacturers and industry associations can work with The Global Centre for Risk and Innovation (GCRI) on evidence about their dependencies and resilience, research and development, and safe trials of new approaches. Work starts from an operationally grounded mission and ends with a handoff to the operator, who keeps responsibility for its assets and decisions. Membership never permits access to production systems. This page is part of Work with GCRI.
- 01In briefThe short answer
- 02What the work producesEvidence, R&D and safe trials
- 03RoutesTwo starting points
- 04Terms at a glanceWhat you receive, contribute and can expect
- 05Key termsTerms used on this page
- 06Role limitsWhat GCRI does not do
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The short answer.
Infrastructure and industry operators work with GCRI on evidence about their dependencies and resilience, research and development, and safe trials of new approaches. Each piece of work starts from an operational question the operator owns and ends with a handoff to the operator, which keeps responsibility for its assets and decisions.
Infrastructure networks in Ethiopia.
Major roads, railways, ports and airports, and the density of the transport network, shown for Ethiopia as an example geography for this subject.
Evidence, R&D and safe trials.
Each piece of work is scoped to an operational question the operator owns.
Dependency studies
Which services depend on which assets and suppliers, linked to infrastructure dependencies.
Applied research
Methods and tools developed with the operator, with rights agreed at the start.
Controlled tests
Test designs with stop rules, run in controlled settings before anything touches live operations.
Two starting points.
| Who | First step | First outcome |
|---|---|---|
| Utilities, infrastructure and essential-service operators | Submit an operationally grounded mission | A dependency study, a controlled test design, options and limitations and a handoff to the operator |
| Enterprises, manufacturers and industry associations | Explore a sector programme | A work scope, permitted data exchange, evaluation terms and an operational output |
What you receive, contribute and can expect.
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What you receive | A dependency study, a controlled test design, options with their limits and a handoff |
| What you contribute | An operational question, permitted data under agreed terms and operator time |
| Cost | Determined in the written terms for each scope, stated with issuer, currency, effective date and scope before any commitment |
| Who is accountable | The GCRI organization named in the terms, GCRI Canada or GCRI US |
| How to leave or raise a concern | Withdraw at any time under the agreed terms; concerns go to integrity@therisk.global |
Terms used on this page.
Each term as this page uses it. Where a standard-setting body defines the term, the wording follows that body.
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Critical infrastructure | The physical structures, facilities, networks and assets that provide services essential to the functioning of society and the economy. |
| Business continuity | The capability of an organization to continue delivering products and services within acceptable time frames during disruption, in ISO terms. |
| Dependency mapping | Tracing the people, processes, technology, facilities and suppliers a service relies on. |
| Testbed | A controlled setting, from a lab rig to a field site or sandbox, for trying a technology before it meets real conditions of use. |
What GCRI does not do.
- GCRI does not operate, inspect or certify infrastructure
- Membership never permits production access, and public previews never reveal restricted topology
- Precompetitive work is designed so that competitors' confidential information is not exchanged
- A tested option is not authorization to deploy it; that decision belongs to the operator
Finance questions about infrastructure are examined by The Global Risks Alliance (GRA) under infrastructure preparedness. The current service level is R0, information and enquiries: an enquiry receives a reference, and the acknowledgement names the next step.
Questions and answers.
Do we have to share sensitive operational data?
Who owns the results?
Is there a membership fee?
How do we start?
Around GCRI.
Start with an enquiry.
The current service level is R0: information and enquiries. An enquiry receives a reference and names the next step; applications, payments, compute allocations and registrations open only when their team, terms and review capacity exist.